Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 1988

World
1988
Total fertility rate: 3.39
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1988  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World was 3.39 children per woman in 1988 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (203 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 140,985,956 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.39
Births
140,985,956
Births per 1,000 people
27.4
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.43
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
5,141,992,542
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-144.70.7%1,191,590
15-1975.711.1%19,075,599
20-24202.529.8%47,412,176
25-29185.627.3%37,465,239
30-34114.616.8%21,499,483
35-3962.59.2%10,073,212
40-4428.14.1%3,545,734
45-496.10.9%683,500
50-540.40.1%39,365